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UAE NEWS

“FESPA 2025 will be better & bigger”

FESPA Middle East, Because a trade show in iso- equipment coming out, and I
which connects senior deci- lation is interesting, but it’s think we are starting to see
sion-makers and trade pro- so much more powerful development increasing
fessionals with leading OEM when we have printers again. So, if you look at three
suppliers and distributors speaking to one another to four years ago about
from the print and signage about what they see in the COVID, you know it was a
industry, will return to the market, what they see the little bit slower. Now, you
Dubai Exhibition Centre on trends are, and they see are starting to see the large
20-22 January 2025 after a FESPA as a place anywhere manufacturers coming back
hugely successful inaugural in the world, any festival in with lots of changes, moving
event earlier this year. In an the world you go to, people and moving, just trying to
exclusive conversation with are much more open to shar- increase the quality, speed,
PrintWeek MENA, FESPA “Highlight of the 2025 edition will be a greater array of exhibitors” ing their ideas, because it and automation of their
CEO Neil Felton said: has such an international,
“The highlights of the much about content and industry as well. That went powerful flavour, but with a machinery. So I think we
2025 edition will be an even education. So we are going incredibly well last year. We lot of local support behind it. will see many launches as we
greater array of exhibitors, to be even more educational are going to build on that So, I would say those four get closer.”
with a particular focus from content. We are going to be again. So I’d say that would factors are the main reasons “What amazed me in 2024
international brands coming looking at a variety of things, be the third thing. And the why FESPA will be even bet- was that we had an interna-
in. I think this is what the from AI, sustainability, digi- fourth thing would be, actu- ter and bigger next year.” tional feeling about it, so we
region really needs: to see tal signage, and a whole ally, the attendance from “We believe software is had many people from out-
the latest equipment from range of things with regard around the region, not just going to play a key role mov- side. We will push even more
the most exciting brands in to education, to show the Dubai, but trying to get ing forward, for efficiencies, for international brands but
the world. That’s what audience where the next printers to work with one quality, colour management, also bring a lot from the UAE
FESPA is going to bring. So opportunities are. And then another and to meet at and those sorts of things. So, and even more to under-
that’s number one. Number we have also got some focus FESPA and talk about the actually, we think this year stand to bring the whole
two, I would say it’s very with regard to the wrap trends that are happening. there will be a lot of new market in,” he adds.

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casing its newly revamped templates, 300+ integra- OnPrintShop and meet
web-to-print solutions at
booth C719. The Expo is tions and more. their team at booth C719 to
scheduled to be held at the The web to print enabler’s engage in one-on-one dis-
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around 30,000 attendees Expo will showcase the modern web2print solu-
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2000+ print businesses will sales channels like print all sizes and helps them stay will also unveil other in- for simplifying print pro-
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